So I’ve already gone through the single player game on normal, and it’s amazing. The hype isn’t unwarranted. I’ve heard rumblings questioning if the geek love would be lesser if this wasn’t a “Batman” game. This reasoning is, of course, nutty. The game absolutely sparkles, in part, *because* it’s a Batman game. Probably, the perfect Bat game, effectively merging all of the zany stuff fans have wanted to do as The Dark Knight, but haven’t been able to do until now.

Did I mention that the fighting mechanic makes you feel like a total badass without ever feeling like you’re on auto-pilot? I love the hand-to-hand melee in this game!

The Rocksteady devs really put the spit polish on Arkham, and it shows. I humped through the PS3 version, and I’m currently sitting smugly at 73% complete. There are still an insane amount of trophies to find and riddles to solve. I hope you guys figured out that there’s an even more devious THIRD layer of Riddler mysteries that aren’t really talked about. No?

Okay, so you can only catch this in Detective Mode, but you’ll find several random question marks painted on walls. They don’t have the accompanying little periods (what’s the official term?) that goes under them. Those are cleverly placed somewhere else in the room. Got it? So in Detective mode, line up the question mark (top) with the dot (bottom). Pretty tricky. It’s all a matter of perspective, and I will say no more.

So far, loving it the 2nd time through. Early ‘Game of The Year” chatter doesn’t sound so far-fetched. I haven’t had this much fun since Dead Space. Hats off you wacky Brits.